“Developing both of those languages well is very important for immigrants and for any kids of color," said Cynthia Garcia Coll, Brown University professor and developmental psychologist.
"When I first came, I was scared. There were many people from different countries, talking in their native languages, and like I didn’t really understand what’s going on."
Young journalists typically begin work on a radio project with enthusiasm and a basic idea for a
story.
But where can they go for help to rein in an idea, find the right interviewees, develop questions
or refocus a story idea that didn’t go in the direction planned?
While youth of all backgrounds are victims of violence, black youth seem to be at the epicenter of Indianapolis's rising crime rate. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention list homicide as the leading cause of death for blacks...
Most people would agree that history is an important subject to study. Not everyone, however, enjoys learning about it. There are several common ways to learn about the past -- reading about it in books or listening to an older, wiser...
B irmingham, Alabama, 1963: A city so consumed by racial injustice that black and white people cannot legally play checkers together. It is hard to imagine such a world, but for writer Diane McWhorter, then a sixth-grader growing up in...
Earlier this month, an estimated 300,000 people from around the country met at Indiana Black Expo to celebrate the accomplishments of African-Americans. During the event, Expo released a report produced by the Indiana Youth Institute that...
I n June 1964, three civil-rights volunteers disappeared in Philadelphia, Miss. In early August, 44 days later, police found their bodies buried in an earthen dam. The activists -- Michael Schwerner, 24, James Chaney, 21, and Andrew...
To many students, activities such as choir, band, color guard or athletics are an important part of their school experience. They drill and practice for hours to compete against other teams, and many say later that the experience made an...
When asked what color he would use to describe his life, Ricardo Mendes, 17, of Salvador, Brazil, said he would choose black. "I think black means history, and my color is history," he said. Jefferson Sosazo, 18, also would choose black...